Digital French-Language Newspaper Portal
This portal to online French-language newspapers includes publications regardless of geographic location. The emphasis is on historical newspaper holdings; lists of current digital editions can be found in the Internet Public Library and elsewhere. General news is the main focus; specialized, narrow, trade or niche newspapers are not well represented. As a complement (for both digital and analog copies) you can also consult the French-language listings of ICON (International Coalition on Newspapers) and for eNewspapers the entries of Gallica.
Organization: The first list below is of the source databases for locating digital titles. The second lists newspaper titles -- whether local, regional or national in scope -- alphabetically by city of publication. City names are given as recognizable in common English usage (e.g., Strassburg); vernacular equivalents are given where the spelling differs (e.g., Strasbourg). Only open-access (i.e., free or non-subscription) titles are included.
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Please feel free to send information about online, open-access newspapers not yet listed.